Gary Carter tribute highlights baseball’s return to Montreal

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Mar 29, 2014

The games were organized in an effort to show that Montreal wants Major League Baseball back. However, as successful as the event was on the whole, and as exciting as the action was Toronto won both games in their final at-bat the highlight of the series … (more)came before the first pitch was even thrown, as former Expos and Mets legend and baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter was honored by the city of Montreal in an emotional pre-game ceremony. The city of Montreal showed it was ready to embrace baseball again after a near decade long absence following the Expos exit in 2004. A total of 96,350 fans attended the two games, mostly chanting "Let's go Expos!" and "We want baseball!" In an event spearheaded by Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Beeston, the Jays hosted a brief two-game exhibition series against the New York Mes at Olympic Stadium on Friday and Saturday.

Cabrera's HR Lifts Jays Over Mets 2-0 in Montreal

Melky Cabrera's two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday and a sweep of their two-game exhibition series at an Olympic Stadium packed with former Montreal Expos fans.